Medicare Statistics

Requested Medicare items processed from July 2016 to June 2017

Click on the item hyperlinks below to get the patient age/gender breakdown of that particular item

  State Total
NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS ACT NT
$Benefit $Benefit $Benefit $Benefit $Benefit $Benefit $Benefit $Benefit $Benefit
Item 38,030,739 32,754,355 20,767,247 7,499,598 9,549,737 1,920,869 2,393,471 1,227,688 114,143,703
13200
13201 22,956,839 18,649,833 11,654,797 4,460,893 4,300,069 1,556,169 1,132,901 457,412 65,168,914
13203 917,385 740,397 1,285,314 206,354 429,686 97,017 88,322 5,289 3,769,763
13206 1,252 22,790 8,533 0 1,583 461 461 0 35,079
13212 3,676,738 2,941,078 1,793,861 687,051 700,716 209,982 198,561 93,100 10,301,085
13215 1,497,121 1,224,322 861,787 267,315 421,268 123,530 106,278 46,359 4,547,979
13218 10,407,867 10,366,188 5,552,591 2,028,429 3,079,870 1,084,451 749,313 363,351 33,632,060
13251 3,375,371 3,776,703 1,904,885 847,325 842,955 171,869 187,297 126,500 11,232,905
Total 80,863,312 70,475,667 43,829,014 15,996,966 19,325,883 5,164,346 4,856,601 2,319,698 242,831,487


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  • The figures in the report include only those services that are performed by a registered provider, for services that qualify for Medicare Benefit and for which a claim has been processed by Medicare Australia. They do not include services provided by hospital doctors to public patients in public hospitals or services that qualify for a benefit under the Department of Veterans' Affairs National Treatment Account.
  • Services/benefit per capita (ie. per 100,000 population) is calculated by dividing the number of services/benefit processed in a month by the number of people enrolled in Medicare at the end of that month.
  • State/Territory is determined according to the address (at the time of claiming) of the patient to whom the service was rendered.
  • Month is determined by the date the service was processed by Medicare Australia, not the date the service was provided.
  • Monthly figures may vary due to the varying number of processing days in a month, which depends on the number of days in the month, public holidays, overtime worked etc.
  • A financial year is 1 July to 30 June.
  • Detailed information on the Strengthening Medicare - Additional Incentive Item numbers can be found under Table 6 of the Monthly Quarterly Standard Reports. Please note, in this report, the number of services for these item numbers are recorded as '-' because they are not Medicare services, simply an additional payment.

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Last updated: 23 January 2025

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